地

Computing

chassis ground

Antarctic research base

Geology

Canadian Shield; Laurentian Shield; Laurentian Plateau

lightweight woolen cloth (woollen); tropical woolen cloth

US military bases in Japan

waffle batter

waffle cloth

infected area; infected district

Event

Chūetsu earthquake (Niigata prefecture, 2004)

plot of land for sale under the condition that a specific building firm will be contracted to build a house on said plot

plot of land for sale under the condition that a specific building firm will be contracted to build a house on said plot

nature conservation area

Computing

service area

haplotype map; HapMap; Hap Map

accident risk location; place where one should pay attention (e.g. where two lanes merge)

Idiomatic expression

feeling extremely happy; being in seventh heaven

Proverb

don't believe everything you hear; what is a paradise on hearsay may be a hell at sight

outer-rise earthquake; earthquake in the region seaward of a deep-sea trench

Law

medium and high-rise residential zone

Idiomatic expression

(appearing) out of nowhere; as if one had fallen from the sky or sprung from the ground

West Bank

Proverb; From Genesis 1:28

be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth

leadership position

Law

Act on the Measures by Large-Scale Retail Stores for Preservation of Living Environment

Historical term

selection of a site (for a castle, burial mound, etc.); siting